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A very warm welcome to Reception!

Are you ready for an adventure? 

 

 

                                 

 

                                 

 

 

 

 

Autumn 1

All about me and our school community

 

 

We teach writing through Drawing Club. Each week we explore a different text, traditonal tale or animation and use it to 

inspire our writing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our mastery targets for this half term are:

Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s

Begin to form some lower-case letters correctly

 

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Maths

Here is a  breakdown of what we will be learning in Maths following the First4Maths Academy:

 

Cardinality & Counting

Accurate counting of sets of objects 1-5

Subitising 1-3 

Numeral Recognition to 5

 

Composition

Conceptual subitising - noticing numbers within numbers

 

Comparison

Compare sets 1-5 using vocab of more / fewer / most /fewest

 

Measures

Height &  Length

  

Shape/Space

2D shapes and their properties

 

Pattern

Simple AB patterns

Identifying unit of repeat

 

 

 

PHONICS - Read Write Inc.

We use the Read Write Inc. (RWI) Phonics programme to teach children how to read.

Your child will be assessed every half term to ensure they are working in the group that is most appropriate for their current stage of learning. Children will take part in daily phonics sessions in small groups as they learn and practise their sounds.

Phonic reading books will be sent home once your child is ready. Please ensure that these books are kept in your child's school bag and returned to school every day, as we will also be reading them during phonics sessions.

Thank you for your continued support in helping your child develop their reading skills.

 

 

 

 

 

P.E

Please make sure that your child wears their PE kit to school on their PE day, this will be every Tuesday and Thursday, after the October half term.

Kit: plain, dark coloured jogging bottoms, a jumper or hoody and outdoor trainers and socks.

 

Polite requests

Please send your child with a small labelled bag and water bottle (filled with water only). Please provide your child with spare clothes, in their bag every day. 

Please label ALL of your child's belongings.

Please inform of any changes in advance of the adult that will be collecting at the end of the day (children under the age of 16, will not be permitted to collect a child). 

The outdoor environment is set up prior to arrival, please do not allow you child to play on the equipment.

As part of their curriculum, the children are encouraged to access outdoors, exploring and learning about the environment. We like to take the children outside whether it's sunny, rainy, windy or snowy. Having a coat in school will facilitate this. 

Please encourage independence with health and self-care, including dressing and toileting.

We value your contributions to your child's learning journal via Tapestry. Each class has an E-mail address (see below) to allow you to send us pictures of your children doing things at home.

owls@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk

badgers@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk

robins@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk